A 54-year-old middle-aged uncle who still works in a convenience store, in the eyes of others, is old and ugly, and his hair is not rich, but his girlfriend is a 34-year-old mature beauty. The toad eats swan meat, how did this happen!
The movie "Father and Mr. Ito" is such a yearless love combination, and the difference in appearance and age is clear at a glance. In the words of netizens: "Neon is a good place, renting a paperback small apartment in the city can bring a girl like tree sauce." ”
Is this movie really a curiosity hunt to challenge the audience's aesthetics?
Of course not!
Mr. Ito, played by Masaya Nakagawa, is here to tell you what is good acting so that people ignore their appearance. After reading it, I deeply feel that it is quite beautiful to find such a man and live an ordinary little life.
For mainland audiences, the most familiar work of Masaya Nakagawa should be "Thief Family". If you've seen this film that has won many international awards and won the Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language Film, then you are certainly no stranger to the low-level man image that Nakagawa Yaya also portrayed.
"Father and Mr. Ito" can probably be guessed literally, and it is a work of son-in-law relationship. It is mainly about the relationship between two men and the heroine Yamanaka Sai (played by Shuri Ueno), with family affection, love, and thinking about aging.
The arrogant father (played by Fuji Ryuya) comes out early and returns late every day, just in a daze at the lights of wanjia, and his self-esteem and loneliness are fully revealed.
Yamanaka's 34-year-old unmarried young woman, a small family, is placed in a big environment to discuss, and it becomes more and more interesting.
From The debut of Mr. Ito, he shows the childlike fun of this character. Criticized by the manager of the convenience store, he turned around and went to see the free comics in the store. This mentality of not caring makes Yamanaka cai can't help but pay special attention to him, and can't help but guess, is he an "undercover boss"?
At Ito's age, he is still working odd jobs and messing around, and he always feels unable to say it.
However, Ito really has no special status, he is a middle-aged man who is leisurely and self-sufficient and knows how to live. You can say that he is not motivated, or you can understand that he knows himself.
In the days when Ito and his father "met in a narrow way", Ito threw himself into his favor, not only making his father happy, but also easing the father-daughter relationship.
Ito's carefulness and curiosity not only did not make him in an awkward position in the father-daughter relationship, but became more harmonious. It also allows the daughter to see her feelings for her father and her dependence on Ito.
Ito's value lies in the fact that what he does is not to please anyone, but to be naturally considerate. He does not give pressure, let alone preach, but is not hurried, strong and gentle.
There is a scene at the end of the film that impresses me, where Ito dotingly touches the head of the mountain and says: I will not escape.
His appearance was not proud, the clouds were light and the wind was light, and suddenly the image of this man became particularly tall. Even though the two are not yet married, Ito chooses to take responsibility for both his lover and his lover's family. Ai Wu and Wu, he does not want his girlfriend to be embarrassed, and he does not want Yamanaka to choose between his father and partner.
The role of Mr. Ito gives people the feeling of being calm, not cold, relaxed and not indulgent. Retain the love of life and do not fear the burden of life. Looking at the whole movie, this character is very charming, not slack, but transparent.
In fact, such a near-perfect character is not easy to play. After all, it is limited by appearance, can not be as flamboyant as the domineering president, and does not have the appearance offensive of a warm man. Too much force will be greasy, but the promise is not true.
I have to say that Masaya Nakagawa's acting skills are skilled and comfortable, and he interprets the feeling of the uncle next door very grounded and does not lose the shining point. This makes the love line convincing, although the CP sense is not as good as the idol drama, but it has more real-life fireworks.
In the busy and fast-paced social atmosphere, always maintaining their faith in life, the attitude conveyed by "Father and Mr. Ito" is admirable, and such a healthy emotional relationship is also desirable.
From a secular point of view, it seems that Mr. Ito ate "swan meat", but in fact, he gave Yamanaka The healing, gentleness, spoiling, and help, so that a woman who is confused and struggling in her career and family has a safe haven.
Personally, I think that the reason why Nakagawa Masaya can interpret Mr. Ito well is related to his experience. Nakagawa graduated from the University of Fine Arts, so he not only acted, but also drew, wrote novels, and composed lyrics. He was involved in all art-related professions, such as writers, photographers, and illustrators.
And these jobs, in addition to talent, but also hard work and good time management skills. This is also why the small decadence on Nakagawa's body is not "dirty", but a bit of artist's casualness. The calm, relieved eyes are permeated with light, and the strokes are full of slash middle-aged romance.
After a little understanding of his life, in addition to the different nature of his work, Nakagawa is simply ItoMotoya. Acting is really an art of accumulation and practice.
The poisonous tongue father played by Fuji ryuya is also a more conventional setting in Japanese movies, with a fragile and proud heart but a hard mouth, and a sense of contradiction that wants to be close to his children but does not want to add trouble.
To be honest, Dad's actors are more handsome than their boyfriends. But that's the magic of the script and acting, turning decay into magic, making parts that don't conform to mainstream aesthetics reasonable and acceptable.